Coagulation factor V levels as a prognostic indicator in fulminant hepatic failure

Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1507-1511

  Izumi, Satoru ^a   Langley, Peter G ^a   Wendon, Julia ^a   Ellis, Antony J ^a   Ricardo, J ^a   Pernambuco, B ^a   Hughes, Robin D ^a   Williams, Roger ^a,b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG OVERDOSE; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0029982258     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v23.pm0008675171     Document Type: Article

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